Dubai-based interior fit-out company Depa, which fitted out the Burj Khalifa, has said it has signed contracts worth more than AED719 million ($195 million) in the first half of 2015.The company said it...

Dubai's Marka, a retail start-up that listed on Dubai's main bourse last year, has announced the expansion of the Reem al Bawadi restaurant chain into Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah for the first time.The...

The office real estate market in key Saudi cities have seen increased levels of demand over the past 12 months, according to a new report by Knight Frank.Year-on-year, office take-up continued to increase...

Ten new pedestrian bridges are to be built in Dubai to help reduce accidents and vehicles needing to stop at road-level crossings, the Roads and Transport Authority has said.Two bridges will be constructed...

Two senior executives at Egypt's Emaar Misr have resigned, the property developer said on Sunday, several weeks after its disappointing flotation on Cairo's bourse.Chief Development Officer Walid El-Hindi...

Shares in Saudi Arabia's Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) will resume trading on Riyadh's bourse on Monday after the troubled telecom operator posted its financial results, the stock market regulator said in a...

Saudi Arabia has insisted it was not involved in the September 11 attacks in New York City and called to be dropped as a defendant in a court case brought by some victims’ families.The kingdom’s lawyer...

Iran plans to buy as many as 90 planes per year from Boeing and Airbus to revamp its antiquated fleet once Western sanctions are lifted, its state news agency IRNA quoted a senior aviation official as...

Saudi Arabia's central bank has tightened restrictions on cash withdrawals from banks using credit cards in an effort to head off any consumer debt problems.Previously, under an informal industry arrangement...

Dubai's Emaar Properties, builder of the world's tallest tower, reported a 16 percent rise in second-quarter net profit on Sunday as other income increased and it received more money in income tax credits...

UAE authorities plan to try 41 people of various nationalities including Emiratis on charges of setting up a terrorist group, the official WAM news agency reported on Sunday, adding the suspects wanted...

Uber Technologies Inc will invest $1 billion in India in the next nine months, as the online taxi-hailing company looks to expand its services in its biggest market outside the United States.Uber said...

Hollywood actor Dennis Quaid is coming to Dubai to take part in a new celebrity-packed event – the Dubai Celebrity Smash.The 61-year-old star – who has had roles in flicks such as The Parent Trap and The...

Qatar’s population rose by 9 percent to reach 2.34 million people in June, compared to the same month a year earlier, according to new government statistics.According to the Peninsula newspaper, which...

A Saudi citizen was killed in shelling fired across the border from Yemen into the southwest of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the official SPA news agency reported.A shell fell on a house around dawn in Najran...

Gone are the days when men could let their stray hairs grow and get away with it. Thanks to advertising and celebrity culture, men are now under the same microscope women were put under since humankind...

The head of UAE-based Cristal Hotels has said he believes Iran will become one of the region’s most lucrative hotel development markets.With an ambitious annual visitor target of 20 million by 2025, a...

Emirates Airline has announced it will retire 10 aircraft this year as it pursues an aggressive fleet renewal programme, with an average age of less than 75 months.The Dubai-based airline said in a statement...

More than 26 million Muslim pilgrims visited the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia during Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr, local media reported.The total of 26,729,709 pilgrims was 4.6 percent more than last year,...